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Cross-party local representatives demand “immediate release” of jailed political leaders

16 people were detained on Wednesday in Girona without judicial authorization over some pro-independence protests

Lawyer calls detentions "unjustified and disproportionate," and claims he was not let in police station for speaking in Catalan

Requests sent to two local authorities ask about extent of support council heads gave to independence vote

Officers deliver court order to 31 local councils in Lleida asking for information about preparations for referendum

In a show of unity, mayors who got summoned to court for supporting the independence referendum meet in Barcelona

Mayors asked to take "all actions required" to ensure holding of independence vote  in manifesto to be launched Saturday

The Association of Municipalities for Independence (AMI) wants to internationalise the pro-independence process in Catalonia from the local sphere. It has therefore launched a campaign to explain the pro-independence process, the roadmap to achieve independence and the Catalan Government’s will to hold a referendum in September 2017. In an interview with the Catalan public radio station, Catalunya Ràdio, the president of the organisation, Neus Lloveras, detailed that the intention of the initiative is to report on the pro-independence process, avoiding the filters of Spanish diplomacy and amplifying the message of the Catalan local sphere worldwide. AMI started to send letters to the mayors of all the state capitals and the 100 largest cities in the world on Monday. In total, the organisation predicts that 548 mayors from five continents will receive a letter explaining the Catalan reality “without interference from Spain”.